Steven Soderbergh directs Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Julia Roberts in this fizzy sequel to the cooler-than-cool heist ensemble blockbuster.

The crew go continental! Breezy, spritzy and jaunty. Also laidback to the point of obsolescence. This truly is a hang out movie. It actively avoids being anything else. The third act gambit involving the famous person who Tess looks like is a meta treat. Vincent Cassel’s rival cat burglar is an arrogant bonus. It does feel like we don’t really get enough from first movie favourites like Elliot Gould, Bernie Mac or Casey Affleck. David Holmes’s funk jazz score keeps things bopping along even when nothing much is happening. Soderbergh evokes various sixties Euro new waves in his fractured glossy sheen. Cappuccino foam – there’s an art to it, it’s nice but it ain’t meant to last forever.

7

Perfect Double Bill: Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

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